We’re just three weeks away from the college baseball postseason and while the Notre Dame Fighting Irish looked like they might have been completely out of it, the fact of the matter is that the Blue and Gold now have new hope that they could get to Omaha. Of course, that begs the question, why is the College World Series in Omaha?
People forget just how long the event has taken place in the biggest city in Nebraska. The CWS wasn’t always in Omaha, but it might as well have been. The first two sites for the event were in Kalamazoo, Michigan and Wichita, Kansas.
However, back in the late 1940’s then Omaha Mayor Johnny Rosenblatt hatched a plan. He and several allies had been pitching building a stadium for minor league baseball. However, when Rosenblatt saw that the CWS was in Wichita, he decided he wanted it to come to Omaha.
In 1950, that dream beame reality and it’s been there ever since.
The college world series was originally played at what was eventually named Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium. However, these days, the city has a new far more modern place to play. They’ve even managed to make it so that the Omaha Storm Chasers and Creighton played in the same park, now the two teams are in different places.
So why is the College World Series in Omaha? Because the mayor of the city had a very good idea that the NCAA has been loath to change as its one of the oldest and most loved traditions in the sport.